Skiving A Small Area

[sbyrd68]

Hi-

I want to skive out the back side of a belt taking out only about an ounce of leather in a small area maybe less than an inch. What would be a good hand tool to do this with. I'm adding another piece of leather to the backside and want the joined points to look flush hiding the seems.

Thanks,

Steve B.

[Redochre]

Personally I would use the safety beveler that Tandy sells.

I'm sure the gurus on here would have better suggestions, some of pros would probably just use their round knife.

[mlapaglia]

I use my french edger for small areas. If I need it wider I just move it over and take another cut and so on. ITs what I use to remove half the thickness on the back of belts. Look at the tutorial from Bruce Johnson. The one on french edgers.

[billybopp]

Safety skiver, round knife, leather paring knife, or even a small block plane.

Bill